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Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage
Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage
by  AFP

Many popular internet services, from streaming platforms to messaging services and some banks, went offline for hours on Monday due to an outage in Amazon's crucial cloud network. The disruption affected streaming platforms, including Amazon's Prime Video service and Disney+, as well as Perplexity AI, the Fortnite game, Airbnb, Snapchat and Duolingo.

Trial opens in Klarna's $8.3-bn lawsuit against Google
Trial opens in Klarna's $8.3-bn lawsuit against Google
by  AFP

A Swedish court began hearing arguments Monday in a lawsuit brought by Swedish price comparison site Pricerunner, owned by Klarna, against tech giant Google for over $8 billion for promoting its own shopping comparisons in search results. It also said that prior to Google launching its own price comparison service, independent price comparison sites were shown high up in search results.

Amazon's cloud services hit by global outage
Amazon's cloud services hit by global outage
by  AFP

A global outage hit Amazon's cloud services on Monday, the subsidiary of the US tech giant said, disrupting many websites and services including Amazon Prime, Perplexity, Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat and Duolingo. Downdetector, a website monitoring internet problems, showed the outage took down many online services.

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